Attitude towards clothes
Question
Om Gurudev,
I am a regular follower of your answers and have benefited immensely from your guidance. I am practicing brahmacharya, with exception of unintentional wet dreams.
My query is
1- From past 1 year I used to purposefully ignore the kind of clothes I wear. My view was to build raw confidence as who iam is independent of what I wear, for example I would wear the same trouser for 1 week despite having many at home. Lately I am having strong desire to wear good clothes i.e new clothes everyday, clean and of good quality. Just like PM Modi Ji . Will this act lead to a downfall..? Is it a sign of Maya. I do not use any vanity products or watch my self in mirror again and again.
Answer
One should wear clothes that befit the circumstance, without attachment. The harm is not in wearing particular clothes but being attached to this or that kind. What one wears should not be the cause of elation, nor dejection. When the mind is fixed on the Atman (self), one wears that which is necessary, but without attachment.
ॐ तत् सत्
(That Supreme being is the absolute truth)